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RIP Rod Taylor

#1 Post by mellytu74 » Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:40 pm

A childhood crush of mine.

Are there any Rod Taylor movies in the current Tangredi puzzle? I must check.

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#2 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:07 pm

TCM played two of his movies this past week - The Time Machine and Sunday In New York.
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#3 Post by TheConfessor » Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:08 pm

Sorry to hear of the Rod Taylor RIP. At least Rip Taylor survives.

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Re: RIP Rod Taylor

#4 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:20 pm

TheConfessor wrote:Sorry to hear of the Rod Taylor RIP. At least Rip Taylor survives.
I'd just referenced Rip Taylor on my blog last week... and I think that's why the name Rod Taylor was ringing a bell with me. Now I realize I have no idea who he is...

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Re: RIP Rod Taylor

#5 Post by mellytu74 » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:03 pm

SpacemanSpiff wrote:TCM played two of his movies this past week - The Time Machine and Sunday In New York.
Time Machine is one of Boonie's favorite movies and we watched it not that long ago (although not the most recent showing).

I caught part of Sunday in New York the other night.

AND a couple of minutes of Glass Bottomed Boat a couple weeks ago.

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Re: RIP Rod Taylor

#6 Post by MarkBarrett » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:08 pm

I've seen The Time Machine many times and thought he was great in it. My other favorite? The Birds. It was nice to see Rod Taylor playing Churchill in the cameo in the Tarantino movie a few years back as well. Sad news, but he'll get a nice round of applause at the Oscars as there is no way he is left off the montage.

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Re: RIP Rod Taylor

#7 Post by franktangredi » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:58 pm

mellytu74 wrote:A childhood crush of mine.

Are there any Rod Taylor movies in the current Tangredi puzzle? I must check.
No, I am not responsible for this.

Let's not forget one of my favorite Rod Taylor movie roles:

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#8 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:51 pm

SpacemanSpiff wrote:TCM played two of his movies this past week - The Time Machine and Sunday In New York.
I never liked The Time Machine, nor Sunday in New York for that matter. I watched about a half hour of Sunday in NY because I like to watch stars in the process of becoming the superb actors they're going to be be, and Sunday in NY had two -- Jane Fonda and Cliff Robertson. I look at actors landing the "role of a lifetime" and wonder how it works, that Cliff Robertson got Charly, Fonda got Bree Daniel, and Taylor got lots of roles, but nothing like those two.
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#9 Post by silverscreenselect » Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:40 am

I've got a tribute to Taylor up on my blog: http://bit.ly/1AAaVVm
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#10 Post by franktangredi » Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:03 am

Speaking of Rod Taylor appearing with future greats, here are stills from The VIPs and Young Cassidy. You may recognize the young actress at the start of her career.

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#11 Post by kroxquo » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:10 pm

I can't believe in a thread on Rod Taylor, nobody has mentioned what is probably his best known role - starring in The Birds
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#12 Post by TheConfessor » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:30 pm

kroxquo wrote:I can't believe in a thread on Rod Taylor, nobody has mentioned what is probably his best known role - starring in The Birds
MarkBarrett did.

http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... c1#p492889

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Re: RIP Rod Taylor

#13 Post by TheConfessor » Sun Jan 11, 2015 5:48 pm

At least he made it to age 85 today in the Celebrity Birthdays column in the Austin newspaper.

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